10.13023/ETD.2019.466
Sunny, Ajin
Ajin
Sunny
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7164-6074
University of Kentucky
SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FORMATION FLYING FOR SMALL SATELLITE SWARMS USING PIECEWISE-SINUSOIDAL CONTROLS
University of Kentucky Libraries
2019
Thesis
This thesis presents a decentralized electromagnetic formation flying (EMFF) control method using frequency-multiplexed sinusoidal control signals. We demonstrate the EMFF control approach in open-loop and closed-loop control experiments using a single-degree-of-freedom testbed with an electromagnetic actuation system (EAS). The EAS sense the relative position and velocity between satellites and implement a frequency-multiplexed sinusoidal control signal. We use a laser-rangefinder device to capture the relative position and an ARM-based microcontroller to implement the closed-loop control algorithm. We custom-design and build the EAS that implements the formation control in one dimension. The experimental results in this thesis demonstrate the feasibility of the decentralized formation control algorithm between two satellites.
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Funding Information:
This research work is supported and funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC17M0040). The funding was granted in the year 2017 to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky.